This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Devices > Literary Devices – Quiz 37 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Devices Quiz 37 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Hanging with you is as easy as pie A) Oxymoron. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 2. A literary device that reflects on repetition in two or more nearby words of initial consonant sounds. A) Alliteration. B) Allusion. C) Archetype. D) Characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 3. When the opposite of what you expect to happen is what happens A) Situational irony. B) Dramatic irony. C) Verbal irony. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Situational irony. 4. What is the malapropism in this example? "The doctor gave me a subscription for my allergies." A) Doctor. B) Subscription. C) Allergies. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subscription. 5. What is a type of metaphor and is employed when non-human things, such as objects, animals, a feeling or an abstract idea, are given human attributes. A) Pun. B) Personification. C) Oxymoron. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 6. A joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings. A) Opinion. B) Pun. C) Allusion. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pun. 7. What does a sloth symbolize? A) Wisdom. B) Laziness. C) Loyalty. D) Peace. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Laziness. 8. What type of literary device is used in the sentence 'Tim was a beast on the football field.'? A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 9. "Pretty ugly" is an example of A) Paradox. B) Oxymoron. C) Hyperbole. D) Characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oxymoron. 10. What is true about "theme" ? A) The theme is the moral or lesson the story provides. B) The theme should always be written as a complete sentence. C) An example of theme could be "Trust is difficult to restore once lost.". D) All of these are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these are correct. 11. Narrative devices used to enhance writing by adding depth and excitement to it; the unusual use of language for a special effect; goes beyond the literal definitions of words. A) Literary Devices. B) Allusion. C) Mood. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Literary Devices. 12. The lady trilled in an alluring lullaby. A) Alliteration. B) Consonance. C) Assonance. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consonance. 13. A comparison WITHOUT the use of like or as A) Similarly. B) Conflict. C) Metaphor. D) Genre. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 14. A conversation between characters or speakers in a literary work or the speech of characters in a drama A) Allusion. B) Dialogue. C) Figurative Language. D) Flashback. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dialogue. 15. With sudden curvings ofthin long body. A) Personification. B) No literary device. C) Transferred epithet. D) Enjambment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Enjambment. 16. EXAMPLE:The stars danced in the night sky. A) Metaphor. B) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 17. An underlying meaning of a literary work A) Plot. B) Symbol. C) Theme. D) Understatement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theme. 18. A comparison in which one thing is said to be another A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 19. Identify the type of irony:Tyler walked into the empty gymnasium and said, "I feel like it's too crowded in here." A) Situational Irony. B) Verbal Irony. C) Dramatic Irony. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verbal Irony. 20. Definition-The main idea of a work of literature; the message the author is trying to get across to the reader. A) Conflict. B) Flashback. C) Point of view. D) Theme. E) Foreshadowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Theme. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesIntroductions QuizzesLiterary Devices Quiz 1Literary Devices Quiz 2Literary Devices Quiz 3Literary Devices Quiz 4Literary Devices Quiz 5Literary Devices Quiz 6Literary Devices Quiz 7Literary Devices Quiz 8Literary Devices Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books